West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-08-04

In the case of the B. & o. r. L
VS.. the Board OF Public works of Park.
ersburg recently decided by Judge
Johnson, Wood county will receive
about $500 for each of the years "a
and 1885.
Fire clay banks will be opened in
the near future. The clay will be
taken by the X. & T. road to Tunnel
ton where it will hc burned and ship.
ped. The clay along the route ofthe
road is of excellent quality.
The colored folks of town and
vicinity had a picnic and dance near
town on Monday, James Terrell, our
entorprising barber. being master Of
ceremonies. They report one of the
good Of plantation times
The frame Of Supt. Squires' new
house is now up and work progressing
finely. Messrs. Menear IL jackson
are the contractors. The completion
of this house will sdd very much to
the appearance of that part of town
There are at least one thousand
summer visitors at Oakland. Every
hotel, private boarding house and
residence that can be rented is full.
and many moro arc looking for places
to board to escape the heat in the
cities.
The town council should repair the
side walks. They are in very bad
condition. A few dollars expended
upon them at once may possibly save
the town considerable money in the
way of law suits for damages brought
by parties being injured.
Civil Engineer J. X, Monroe will
be employed in short time in run.
ming the Centre line" on the X. 81 II.
and doing all other work necessary
to facilitate tue laying of the rails.
The company could not have secured
q better man to do their work.
Last Saturday. while the Mason.
town base ball club was practicing,
Prof Pell and another Of the players
"A Mr.. Fields-collided while en-.
deavoring to catch fly ball. Mr..
Pell was considerably stunned-being
unconscious for some time. We are
glad TO learn, however, that he is not
seriously hurt.
Robert Boyle, of Charleston, has
on exhibition copy of Bible print
ed in 1910. Mr.. Boyle brought it
from Scotland in 1882, and says that
1t has been in his family forever two
hundred years. 1t is q large sized
book, and extremely well preserved,
The few wood engravings with which
1t is embellished are as interesting
looking as they are crude.
The Board of education met and
selected a site for a new school-house
on the county road leading from the
the Morgantown pike to Pleasant
Dale. Specifications will be prepared
and the contract let soon for the
building. This will accommodate
quite number of people in that sec.
ton.
There is talk of our base ball club
taking an extensive tour in the near
future, to include Waynesburg, Nor.
gantown, Rowiesburg and other
points Mounds0iIe Herald
Better stay at home, your club
can't beat Morgantown, SO what can
you hope to do with the Rowlesburg
Deltas?
Rev Samuel Randall who, it will
be remembered, visited our town
some eight years ago as an evange-
list, and who decorated rocks. fences
and other convenient places with
scriptural quotations, is now in town.
He is engaged at present in distrib.
uting tracts. lie has lately returned
from London, England, where he had
been sent for this purpose.
Judge Ckey Johnson, of Parkers-
burg, delivered a very interesting
lecture in the courthouse Saturday
evening, on Fraternal Societie4.' The
lecture created a very favorable i'm.
preston upon our people. The Judge
spoke chiefly Of the Knights Of Honor.
a lodge very we'll and favorably
known throughout the United States
as a perfectly safe and reliable insur-
ance order. It is likely that he will
institute a lodge at this place.
About three years a2O this summer